Donnell Beverly News

The book on playing the UConn basketball team, now in its second or third printing, instructs opponents to play the Huskies with a zone defense.

UConn's Gavin Edwards, middle right, gets the ball stripped by Central Florida's Taylor Young, left, while P.J. Gaynor, far right, and Jakub Kusmieruk, second from right, defend, while Kemba Walker looks on during the first half of the Huskies' 60-51 victory Sunday at the XL Center in Hartford.

Donnell Beverly didn't play much as a freshman or sophomore. But he practiced, paid attention to detail, continued to work in hopes that an opportunity eventually would come his way.

Frontcourt coming up small: Through two games, UConn has just two more rebounds than its opponents.

Three games into the regular season, UConn is still searching for its identity. And that frustrates coach Jim Calhoun.

Trailing by nine points with nine minutes left in the game, UConn finally got tough.

A negative trend involving a program staple has emerged during the first two UConn basketball games.

Jim Calhoun spent the better part of the game slapping chairs, clapping sarcastically, screaming at the top of his lungs and stomping onto the court for colorful face-to-face meetings with players.

The tail end of UConn 's 2008-09 season was met with as much concern for the program as excitement.

Almost nine months after sustaining a torn meniscus, Jerome Dyson will return to the court today at Gampel Pavilion as UConn faces UMass-Lowell in the second of the Huskies' two exhibition games.

University of Connecticut men's basketball student-athletes Jerom Dyson and Donnell Beverly have both been cleared for full participation in practice and outside competition as of Friday.

It should be an interesting exhibition opener for the UConn men's basketball team.

The men's basketball team will close out the exhibition portion of their season Sunday as the Huskies host Division II UMass-Lowell at 1 p.m. in Gampel Pavilion.

Anybody waiting to see the return of senior Jerome Dyson from his season-ending knee injury Wednesday night will have to wait at least one game longer.

UConn men Gavin Keefe has worked at The Day since 1990 and is in his 18th season of covering the UConn mena s basketball team, including the national championship teams of 1999 and 2004.

All UConn freshman Alex Oriakhi could do was laugh after the Huskies' marathon of a first practice on Saturday at Gampel Pavilion.

Ray Allen was coming into the year healthy and comfortable with the Celtics system.

Madison Hoop Dreams concluded its 16th season of summer basketball camp in August with 345 shoreline youth attending at least one of the five weeks of Coach Bill Barker's camp.

Kemba Walker had made a couple of pull-ups in transition, knocked down a few longer shots, too.